Sunchanan Charanyananda

CS898T Mobile and Wireless Networks

Title:
 State of the Art of Ultrawideband (UWB) Technology

Major goal:
 With a advent of a new modulation technique for the physical layer of wireless communcations, comes forth
many possibilities systemwide. This paper presents a general overview of the current state of Ultrawideband
(UWB) communications; its strengths and challenges as a groundbreaking technology.
Discussion of the future applications and possibilities presented by it as well as what impact it would have in the communication world.

Scope:
- The background information of wireless communications and the quest for higher bandwidth
- Introduction to UWB Technology
- Advantages and disadvantages of UWB 
- Present and Planned Applications of UWB Technology
- Present and Competing Technologies 


References:

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2. Ian Oppermann, Matti Hamalainen and Jari Iinatti,"UWB:Theory and Applications",
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3. M.Z. Win and R.A. Scholtz, "Ultra-wide bandwidth time-hopping spread-spectrum inpulse radio
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4. Coskun Cetinkaya, "ECE737 Course notes", Wichita State Univerity.
5. Wikipedia, "Ultra wideband", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_wideband
6. RadarVision Web Page, http://www.uwb.org/